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I've been meaning to post this for a while.
More members of this year's freshman class at the University of Michigan have parents making at least $200,000 a year than have parents making less than the national median of about $53,000, according to a survey of Michigan students. At the most selective private universities across the country, more fathers of freshmen are doctors than are hourly workers, teachers, clergy members, farmers or members of the military �combined. Over all, at the 42 most selective state universities, including the flagship campuses in California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan and New York, 40 percent of this year's freshmen come from families making more than $100,000, up from about 32 percent in 1999, according to the Higher Education Research Institute. Nationwide, fewer than 20 percent of families make that much money. The article is here Wei Ting hopped on at 1:45 PM
Now, is this unusual or what? "Police officers stealing parking spots from NYC Chinatown's Ah Peks in the name of security"
That's my paraphrasing of the situation. The article is here Wei Ting hopped on at 5:27 PM
Right. Read all about the latest disease "invented" by American psychiatrists, i.e. Asperger's syndrome or chronic social awkwardness. Such people, it is claimed, have difficulty reading social cues, which is something that appears to come 'naturally' to most other normal people. They often appear undiplomatic, crave social acceptance yet never get it.
Erm, that sounds a bit like me. Or like me when I was a kid. Wow, so am I an "Aspie" now too? But for Janet and Eric Jorgensen, the diagnosis helped smooth out the rough edges. Ms. Jorgensen, attending a conference to learn more about her autistic son, said it was like "a light coming on" when she heard that adult family members were often given diagnoses only after a child had been identified as being on the autism spectrum. "It just sort of hit me, `That explains Eric,' " she said. He still says things that are callous, at least on the surface. "She'll say something about how terrible her clothes look," Mr. Jorgensen explains. "I'll say, `Yes, honey, those are terrible-looking clothes,' when really she's wanting some affirmation that her clothes don't look terrible." Uhm, that sounds a bit like Toni. Or like most men I've known. Which guy out there knows how to naturally compliment a girl from birth? This just sounds phony to me. Check out the article here Wei Ting hopped on at 1:27 PM
I am going to try and make myself very active here so I can get Gmail too.
From: "Blogger Support" Subject: Re: My friends got G-mail through Blogger but I can't. WHY?? Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:26:33 -0700 To: "wt jen (1442173, )" Hi there, Unfortunately, we are not able to give Gmail accounts to all Blogger users, so the invitations are currently limited to a random sampling of active users. We hope to expand this group over time, but if you are interested in Gmail, we encourage you to sign up for notifications about it here: http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about.html#interest Thanks for using Blogger! Blogger Support Wei Ting hopped on at 4:04 AM
Weekend trip to the Pinnacles.
Distance Hiked: 10 miles Time: >6hours, including lunch and rest breaks Balconies Cave.  (No wonder my butt hurts...supporting all that weight) Post-hike completion reward: Sukiyaki!  ("wei ting, we're bringing you camping with us next time!") Wei Ting hopped on at 10:54 PM
This triggered off a huge debate between me and my friends. So: is Southeast Asian identity more than a politically defined concept?
To view the original article, click here At 08:39 PM 4/25/2004 -0700, you wrote: Hi there, This may sound a bit pedantic, but in your NYT article entitled "What's new in Hong Kong", you said "Andy Lau, a Southeast Asian singer, actor and producer." As any Hong Konger worth his salt (and probably Southeast Asian Chinese) would be able to tell you, Andy Lau's a native Hong Konger, not from Southeast Asia. cheers Wei Ting On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:56:25 +0800 Keith Bradsher Thank you very much for your note. We've had some discussion within the NYT as to whether Hong Kong is southeast Asia, and ended up deciding that it was, since it's below the tropic of Cancer. This came up with another article just last week, over whether Hong Kong should be counted with Pusan and Shanghai as a Northeast Asian port. Andy Lau has won a bunch of regional Southeast Asian awards. But you raise a good point that since Andy Lau is juxtaposed with Jackie Chan in the story, it could be construed that Andy Lau is of another nationality. Let me see if I can change it before our international edition, the International Herald Tribune, runs the story, probably in Tuesday's paper. Many thanks, Keith At 12:34 AM 4/26/2004 -0700, you wrote: Hi Keith, Thanks for your e-mail. That is most interesting indeed, but as a "Southeast Asian", I find that news most bewildering. Notwithstanding geographical definitions, it seems most sensible to go along with 'publically accepted' boundaries. Further, given that HK is politically 'part of' China now, and I doubt anybody in China considers themselves part of Southeast Asia, wouldn't it make more sense to include it in Northeast, or at least, East Asia? But I guess you are right in that 'north', 'south' and 'central' vis a vis Asia is rather vague at this point. I would go along with politically defined boundaries (e.g. SE Asia = 10 countries of ASEAN), but I suppose NYT can redefine boundaries too. Globalization ooh yeah. Wei Ting P.S. Could you have used a 'homegrown' singer/a 'wildly successful homegrown singer'/'regionally established star' etc etc instead? On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:09:59 +0800 Keith Bradsher Thank you for your note. I just told the IHT to delete the words "Southeast Asian" before the story is reprinted tomorrow. The convention that Hong Kong is part of southeast Asia predates, to be sure, the handover to China. But I think Hainan island is certainly part of southeast Asia, even though China is not in ASEAN, since Hainan lies mostly south of Hanoi, while parts of North Vietnam lie farther north than Hong Kong. Keith Wei Ting hopped on at 6:20 PM
This is why I love Berkeley:
Today's headlines in The Straits Times 
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having a divine time in the US
「甲午?争与近代中国和世界 」 Korea Focus 2004 Sep-Oct 「中国的中日?系史研究」 「日本と韓国・朝鮮の歴史」 (Long reading list bequested by Nishimura sensei)
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